Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (H&WFRS) were called at 5.35pm yesterday afternoon (Sunday 23 January) to reports of a dog in the River Severn in Worcester, just near The Diglis House Hotel.

Overloaded sockets and overheated appliances are the watchwords this week as Electrical Fire Safety Week gets underway for the first time, raising awareness of one of the biggest causes of accidental house fires in the country.

Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (H&WFRS) was called to a house in Leswell Lane in Kidderminster this morning (Friday 21 January) following an alert from a concerned neighbour who heard a smoke alarm in the property next door.

Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (H&WFRS) was called to Henwick Grove in Worcester at around 2.40pm this afternoon (Thursday 20 January) following reports that a lorry was on fire at the university campus and that sounds of explosions had been heard.

Icy roads and foggy conditions across the two counties this morning have resulted in an unusually high level of call outs to road traffic collision incidents for Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (H&WFRS).